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BurningFrogyesterday at 4:38 AM3 repliesview on HN

Executing murderers will change the population over a few centuries.


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pfdietzyesterday at 8:41 PM

I doubt it. The fraction of population that is murderers is quite small.

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Earw0rmyesterday at 9:25 AM

Only if they haven't yet reproduced.

startupsfailyesterday at 5:25 AM

Yes, executioners do proliferate this way. They tend to run out of murderers quickly though, then use any other excuses to execute.